Relationship among acidophilic bacteria from diverse environments as determined by randomly amplified polymorphic DNA analysis (RAPD)

World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 645-648

  Akbar, Tanveer ^a   Akhtar, Kalsoom ^a   Ghauri, Muhammad A ^a   Anwar, Munir A ^a   Rehman, Moazur ^a   Rehman, Mehboobur ^a   Zafar, Yusuf ^a   Khalid, Ahmad M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY AND GENETIC ENGINEERING NIBGE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans; Acidithiobacillus thiooxidans; Acidophilic moderate thermophiles; Genomic diversity; RAPD analysis

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOTECHNOLOGY; DNA; ECOSYSTEMS; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING;

DENDROGRAM; FRAGMENTS; GENOMIC DIVERSITY; PRIMERS;

BACTERIA;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; ACIDITHIOBACILLUS THIOOXIDANS;

EID: 23044475538     PISSN: 09593993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11274-004-3568-3     Document Type: Article

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